Archive for category Biogas

Copper-Gold Nanoparticles to Help Transform CO2 into Methane

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Biogas on April 12, 2012

Here’s a good question for all you ecologists out there: what do we do with the carbon dioxide emissions after capturing them? As it frequently happens, MIT took up the challenge and came with a “golden”eff idea: a hybrid-copper-gold nanoparticle to transform CO2 into methane (CH4). Now why is that important – coming up with [...]

Apple to Build 4.8MW Fuel Cell System Powered by Biogas at Its NC Data Center

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biogas on April 2, 2012

If you remember, we’ve been talking about Apple’s new and bold green statement recently. At that time we’ve been telling you about the plans to power their new North Carolina data center with solar panels and biogas. Now, the company that Steve Jobs saved from peril in 1997 is building world’s largest private owned fuel [...]

SUGAR Freeze: Boeing’s Future LNG-Powered, Ultra-Efficient Aircraft

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biogas on March 21, 2012

It’s a predictable fact that future aircraft won’t be as polluting as today’s aircraft is, but where technology will take us is yet to be decided. For that matter, Boeing is predicting that the future fuel for planes will be liquefied natural gas (LNG), and their idea is being supported by NASA, whose specialists think [...]

Self-Sustaining Wastewater Processing Plant Powered by Methane

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biogas on July 25, 2011

Siemens Water Technologies engineers have invented a technology that creates enough methane from purifying sludgy water to power the processes of a wastewater treatment plant. They even set up a pilot facility in Singapore.

Bill Gates Funds Project That Produces Biodiesel and Methane From Human Sludge in Ghana

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biodiesel, Biogas on June 16, 2011

Q: What do human poop, fuel cells, clean energy and Bill Gates have in common? A: a $1.5 million grant to Columbia University professor Kartik Chandran. He is to develop a “Next-Generation Urban Sanitation Facility” in Accra, Ghana along with Waste Enterprisers and the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. The project will turn fecal sludge into biodiesel and methane. Gross, isn’t it?

New Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System Provides Cheap Grid Energy From CNG and Biogas

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Biogas, Hydrogen Power on February 16, 2011

VTT, the Technical Research Centre of Finland began testing a large-scale prototype of a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) that, according to the organization, will provide cheap and efficient grid power from biogas and natural gas. Using a single 10 kW planar SOFC stack, the system is capable of generating clean energy for a typical apartment block throughout an entire year.

Xylofuel Using Cow Rumen Microbes to Transform Hydrogen and CO2 Into Alcohol and Gasoline-Like Fuels

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biogas on February 7, 2011

Scientists at Xylofuel LLC, a startup from Columbia, MD, discovered microorganisms that convert carbon dioxide and hydrogen to alcohols and hydrocarbons similar to the components of gasoline. The gases are inexpensive to produce as industrial byproducts or from heating or anaerobic digestion of biomass. The fuels produced by microbial isolates include hexane and other medium length alkanes.

Chinese Huishan Dairy Factory Implementing Huge 5.6 MW Biogas-Powered Generator

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biogas on November 25, 2010

A dairy farm in China is about to implement the world’s largest system for converting methane from fermenting cow manure into electricity. The Huishan Diary has imported a GE Jenbacher engine and adapted it for use with biogas, expecting to generate as much as 5.6 megawatts of power.

Toronto's New Garbage Truck Fleet Running on Waste-Derived Biogas

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Biogas on November 11, 2010

The City of Toronto brought into the spotlight the latest addition to its green fleet of waste and recycling collecting service. The new garbage truck can run on converted biogas obtained from the picked up organic material waste.

India And The U.S. to Collaborate on Shale Gas and Clean Energy Project

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Biogas, Green Economics on November 9, 2010

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and the U.S. President, Barack Obama, announced that India and the United States have agreed to join forces on energy projects, among which shale gas and clean energy, on a press conference on Monday

Permafrost Bacteria Could Make Biogas Production Available In Colder Regions

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biogas on November 8, 2010

People living in warm climates have been used to using biogas since ages, with even the Assyrians using it to heat their baths 3,000 years ago. But in the colder regions such as Alaska, biogas is harder to produce, since temperatures do not allow for bacteria to ferment the organic waste.

Didcot, UK, Heated by Odorless Human Waste Biogas

Posted by Mihai Sandru in Biogas on October 8, 2010

Approximately 200 households in the town of Didcot, UK now benefit from gas produced out of human waste. Despite being generated at a sewage station, the gas is highly purified and has no odor.

Russia's First Biofuel Plant To Be Built In Siberia Next Year

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biodiesel, Biogas on September 13, 2010

If you thought that only the Americans and the Europeans have plans to green themselves up, then you were wrong. Russia, still one of the world’s biggest economical powers, plans to start building the country’s first biofuel plant in Siberia.

Siloxane Blocking Development of Biogas Industry: Graphite Filters Solve The Problem

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biogas on September 9, 2010

Siloxane is a carbon-silicon compound found inside various chemical products on the market and then released into the air when methane is produced. Its existence threatens the biogas machinery, being able to cause serious damage.

Guinea Pigs Producing Biogas for Peruvian Family

Posted by Ovidiu Sandru in Biogas on September 8, 2010

More than 400 pounds of guinea pig poo is processed into methane and a liquid product that then farmers can feed the plants with. They use the classic anaerobic digestion.